Andover Twp. police: Mom left 2 year old alone in hot car

ANDOVER TWP. – A 31-year-old woman is facing a child endangerment charge for allegedly leaving her child alone in her vehicle while she took another child to an appointment, police said.

Alexis Blake, of Hampton, went into a professional building located at 135 Newton-Sparta Road at about 3 p.m. on Friday and left her 2-year-old son in her vehicle alone for more than 20 minutes, police said.

A person leaving the office building heard the child screaming from inside the vehicle, police said. The child was in a car seat while the car was not running and had only one window slightly open on a sunny, hot and humid day, police said.

The person went back inside the building, where Premier Health is located, and found nurses who responded and removed the child from the vehicle and brought him inside where they attended to him and remained until the mother was located, police said.

Staff at Premier Health contacted police who responded and charged Blake with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She was released pending a court appearance.